FTR500: Full Tilt $500 Money-Added Monthly Tourney, June 5th

June 5th marks the One Year Anniversary of the FTR500! Come celebrate the great success of this tournament on June 5th as it's sure to be a fun night!

The FTR500 series continues on the 5th of June with $500 added to the prize pool, courtesy of Full Tilt Poker and FTR! However to celebrate the one year anniversary of FTR500, in addition to the $500 added the top 3 places will also earn $100 each!

**New to the FTR500: FTR is now offering Full Tilt clothing as additional prizes in the FTR500. Because it is the one year anniversary, we are offering more ways than ever to get some gear:

1) Knock out bigspenda73 (Borat4Prezon Full Tilt) and win Full Tilt or FTR Gear
2) Finish 3rd - 6th for a bonus of Full Tilt or FTR Gear
2) Finish 1st or 2nd and you will win Full Tilt AND FTR Gear

Take a look at all the sweet FTP gear here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/Free-Fu...r-Clothing.php

In order to claim your prizes, please PM givememyleg with your Full Tilt screen name, place finished, item of choice and shipping details. You MUST PM him or he will have no way of sending you your prize. If you fail to reach him, he wont be responsible to track you down!

The FTR500 is for registered FTR forum members ONLY.

If you don't have Full Tilt, download and register by clicking here.

Do not send private messages about these tournaments, they will not be answered. All questions about these tournaments should be asked in this topic.

Name: The FTR500
Date: June 5th, 2008
Time: 10:00pm ET
Buyin: $5 + $.50
Game: NL Hold'em

http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/...onus_small.gif$500 added to total prize pool!
http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/...onus_small.gif$100 Bonus prize for finishing in the top 3!
http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/..._yes_small.gifFull Tilt Poker accepts U.S. players!

Password is now posted here:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/ftr500-full-tilt-500-money-added-monthly-tourney-june-5th-t71211.html#693706
You MUST be a registered FTR forum member to view this password.

Cool, lets celebrate the One Year Anniversary, good luck all :)

BUMP!

To celebrate the One Year Anniversary of the FTR500, FTR is giving away EVEN more this month! In addition to the $500 added, you can earn yourself some extra prizes and cash!

There will be a bounty on FTR member, bigspenda73 (Borat4Prez on Full Tilt), and if you knock him out, you will win your choice of Full-Tilt Gear OR FTR Gear! Also, if you make it to the final 6, you will again have your choice of Full-Tilt Gear OR FTR Gear! But if you make it heads up, you will earn yourself your choice of Full-Tilt Gear AND FTR Gear! But that's not all, the final 3 players will earn themselves an extra $100 cash!

Here are all the ways you can earn more in June's FTR500:
- $500 added to the prize pool!
- Knockout bigspenda for Full Tilt or FTR Gear!
- Finish 3rd - 6th for Full Tilt or FTR Gear!
- Get heads up for Full Tilt AND FTR Gear!
- Finish in the top 3 and earn $100 extra!

You won't want to miss the FTR500 on June 5th! There is now more ways to earn extra prizes or money than ever! See you June 5th at 10:00 PM! If you haven't yet played in the FTR500, now is the perfect time to start. Download and register at Full Tilt today.

(Please Note, in order for you to claim your free Full Tilt or FTR Gear, you must contact me after the tournament with your choice, size, and name/address. I will not track you down, so if you fail to contact me you will not receive your prize. You can PM me on the forum, or on aim, which you can find below.)

We have less than a week before this event starts. http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/...onus_small.gif FTR has private money added tournaments with Full Tilt Poker! http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/..._yes_small.gif Full Tilt Poker accepts U.S. players!

This event starts in less than 3 days. http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/...onus_small.gif FTR has private money added tournaments with Full Tilt Poker! http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/..._yes_small.gif Full Tilt Poker accepts U.S. players!

Where do we post our fulltilt names?

Thanks

lol at people even thinking about knocking da man out

Under 48 hours left before this event begins. http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/...onus_small.gif FTR has private money added tournaments with Full Tilt Poker! http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/..._yes_small.gif Full Tilt Poker accepts U.S. players!

uh ohhhhhhhh

GL ALL

Less than 24 hours to go until this event starts! http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/...onus_small.gif FTR has private money added tournaments with Full Tilt Poker! http://www.flopturnriver.com/images/..._yes_small.gif Full Tilt Poker accepts U.S. players!

Good luck to all !!!

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Originally Posted by ROYALKNIGHT

Where do we post our fulltilt names?

Thanks

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If you win a bounty or a prize, post in this thread or contact me via PM or AIM.

UPDATE - Kmind is unable to play tonight in the FTR500, so the bounty will now be over bigspenda73's head. His name on Full Tilt is Borat4Prez, so if you knock him out you win your choice of Full Tilt or FTR Gear!

it's friday afternoon kiwi time. The water was cold and the swell was fine this morning. This tourney starts in two hours. I have to choose between sitting at my computer or shooting the breeze in spanish, sitting in the sunshine, and if you saw with whom.......
oh well, see ya next time. I'll come and rail y'all up if it lasts more than a couple of hours...

Finished in top 6 but could not send a PM for some reason.

gg all -- hartlis gg bro hahah those walks helped me out in the long run

also, givememyleg i can't PM you because I do not have 10 posts on FTR....so please check your e-mail for me

gg all. It was fun.

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Originally Posted by keepitstrict

gg all -- hartlis gg bro hahah those walks helped me out in the long run

also, givememyleg i can't PM you because I do not have 10 posts on FTR....so please check your e-mail for me

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gg, god you run like GODDDDDDDDDDDDD

I knocked out Borat4Prezon for the bounty.

I also couldn't send a PM, so I sent an e-mail with FRT Bounty in the subject.

Great game everyone, was lots of fun. Shouldn't have made that call that knocked me out...heh.

Yeah, same thing about the PM's with me too... sent you a E-mail.

you won't be able to send PMs unless you ahve 10 posts, outside of this forum, our community, or the bad beat forum.

I sent an email also.

relax people, ftr isn't going to back out of their word for $300. you will receive your payment probably tonight, tomorrow at the latest. you will get your extra $100! :)

OMG I WANT MY ONE HUNDRED DOLLHAIRS

i want hartlins 100

Dont think anyone is really demanding anything. Was a great, fun tournament. I know I just posted since I got no response from the email about the FTP gear so wanted to make sure I got the info to the right person, still not sure it was. The $100 bonus is nice and Im sure it will be in at some point today, just didnt know if had to send an email on that also since most forum tournaments pay out any extra $ right after tournament ends. Looking forward to playing in some more tournaments and being a little active on the forums here.

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Originally Posted by givememyleg

relax people, ftr isn't going to back out of their word for $300. you will receive your payment probably tonight, tomorrow at the latest. you will get your extra $100! :)

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Sent another email, hoping its the right one. No word yet on the FTR/FTP gear or extra 100. I cant get your AIM for some reason when I click the aim box nor did I receive a reply to the email. I want to make sure I contact you since you had posted this before the tournament:

(Please Note, in order for you to claim your free Full Tilt or FTR gear, you must contact me after the tournament with your choice, size, and name/address. I will not track you down, so if you fail to contact me you will not receive your prize. You can PM me on the forum, or on aim, which you can find below.)

checkingout.....please chill

if you have sent multiple emails i am fairly positive he has received them and will send you what you have earned.

i don't think being a nag is going to help.

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Originally Posted by keepitstrict

checkingout.....please chill

if you have sent multiple emails i am fairly positive he has received them and will send you what you have earned.

i don't think being a nag is going to help.

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I dont think its nagging if he had posted it would definitely be in by yesterday, I just want to make sure he DID receive my email, there is no way to know that without a response. Im not sure if he needs info on sizes, etc, he made it clear he wasnt going to find us that we need to contact him so thats what I am trying to do.

Here is an update guys. Here are the people who all won a bonus prize:

1st - keepitstrict (Needs $100)
2nd - hartlis1 (Needs $100)
3rd - kazor (Needs Clothing Selection, $100)
4th - XxStacks60xX (Needs Clothing Selection)
5th - KronX (Needs Clothing Selection)
6th - badmonk (Needs Clothing Selection)
Bounty - Maleficd

I am aware that the extra $100 hasn't been paid yet. Sorry about this guys! I sent another e-mail to the admins reminding them. It may not be until Monday but you have FTR's word that you WILL get the $100 - it all depends when they check their e-mail. (In the future we will avoid prizes like this because it causes delays and such).

Those who places 3rd - 6th, I need your clothing selections. You get to pick either 1 FTP or FTR item, from the links above.

I should have replied to all e-mails up to this point, so if I didn't reply, I didn't get it. I have yet to hear from XxStacks60xX or badmonk, so please get to me ASAP if you want your bonus. Thanks!

Got your reply!

Thanks again for the fun tournement and the gear!

June 8th - It was the first week of June, which meant the popular FTR500 series continued! The FTR500 is a $5 private tournament for FlopTurnRiver members, held at Full Tilt Poker. This special tournament is on the 5th each month, and has $500 added to the prize pool! All you have to do is be a registered forum member to play. However, it was a special edition this month because June 5th marked the one year anniversary for the FTR500!

Normally adding $500 to the prize pool is enough to make members happy, but since it was the one year anniversary, FTR added even more money and bonus prizes! This sure did attract the players, as 65 people came to try and collect some of the bonus money. For this special event, FTR added the usual $500, and awarded 1st – 3rd with $100 extra in cash! On top of that, the players had seven different ways to earn some Full Tilt or FTR Gear! 3rd – 6th place would get their choice of either some great Full Tilt Clothing or FTR Gear, and if you made it heads up, you got your choice of both! There was also a bounty on veteran FTR member, bigspenda73, which awarded a choice of clothing. With 65 people, and the extra cash added, the total prize pool ended up being $1,125! In all, 8 places were paid with first place being a total of $376, plus some great clothing!

Action got underway fast, and FTR member bigspenda73 knew he had a target on his chest. Early on he picked up AA and flopped another A, but unfortunately for him no one wanted to play back that hand. However it wouldn't be too long before he finally fell victim to player Maleficd, who scooped up the pot and the bounty!

After about 2 hours of grueling play, the 65 starting players had been reduced to the final table of 9. Tensions were high because 8 places paid, and with 9 remaining, everyone was hoping that the shorter stacks would wind up making a mistake. Leading his way to the final table was well known FTR member, Hartlin with 18k in chips. Joining him was another FTR member, Bbickies, however he was in rougher shape with 7k in chips. The other 7 players were pretty much unknown, with stack sizes ranging from 3k – 14k. The blinds were 250/500 so anything could still happen!

Right off the bat things didn't go well for Bbickies, as he got half his stack in with 88 against the short stack XxStacks60xX who held KT. The King on the flop gave XxStacks60xX a double up and left Bbickies in terrible shape. A few hands later XxStacks60xX finished him off when he trapped by limping in with AA, and Bbickies went all-in with AJ. No help came and Bbickies was the 9th place finisher, one spot away from the money.

The next few eliminations were, cookiejar18 in 8th for $24.75, bryn2 in 7th for $33, badmonk in 6th for $49.50, KronX in 5th for $66, and XxStacks60xX in 4th for $90.75. Also, badmonk, KronX, and XxStacks60xX all earned themselves a choice of Full Tilt or FTR Gear for making it this far! However, the remaining three players, Hartlin, keepitstrict, and kazor, were delighted because they were all guaranteed at least $219! Quite the payout for a $5 tournament!

When 3 way action began, Harltin was in the lead with 40k, followed by keepitstrict with 32k, and kazor with 24k. Blinds had jumped up to 800/1,600/200 so you knew the action would be fast. Hartlin began taking control of the table as the others were being passive. Hartlin was raising once every couple hands, taking down numerous uncontested pots. Kazor must have finally had enough of this, as Hartlin raises and kazor went all-in and was quickly called. Kazor showed A2 which was in bad shape to the JJ of Hartlin. No help would come and kazor finished in 3rd for $219.

When heads up play began, Hartlin was the clear favorite, with 79k to the 18k of keepitstrict. Hartlin was definitely more aggressive, winning the first few pots, then got all-in with K6 but was unfortunately dominated by keepitstrict who held KQ. Nothing promising came and keep got a nice double up. A few hands later there was preflop action of raise, re-raise, call, which led to the flop of 9J3 rainbow. Both players ended up all-in and Hartlin showed QT to the AJ of keepitstrict. The turn fell an A, the river bricked a 2, and keepitstrict was now the chip leader for the first time at the final table.

Play continued back and forth, until eventually the big showdown occurred. Keepitstrict raised, and Hartlin shoved all-in with 99, to which he was snap called by keep who was in bad shape with A4o. The flop was 763 all clubs, but no one held a club. However, the turn brought the Ah which was terrible news for Hartlin. No miracle 9 hit on the river and keepitstrict was the June 5th FTR500 champion! He won $376, and his choice of free Full Tilt and FTR Gear! Hartlin took home $269, and also free gear.

Out of the entire final table, only 2 well known FTR members were present. So this proves you can be an unknown like keepitstrict and still shine! Join us next month for the FTR500, which is on the 5th, every month!

good article IMO :)

I went out 8th after being chipleader for a while :( but my excuse was booze and watching Celtics win :)

Was a fun tourney.

It really was a fun tournament and I dont think not including bonus money is neccesary. In most other forum tournaments one of the people who run the tournament is normally on hand. The actual payout takes less then 30 seconds so its really not a big deal if you have one of the people who run this site playing or at least watching. Either way, it was a fun tournament and this seems like a pretty active site.

yes was a very nice tournament, great prizes -- gg to all, esp hartlin who was at my table for a large portion of the tournament

lol also sorry for being an unknown ill try to change that here in the coming months

great write-up and i look forward to next month's ftr500!

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In most other forum tournaments one of the people who run the tournament is normally on hand. The actual payout takes less then 30 seconds so its really not a big deal if you have one of the people who run this site playing or at least watching.

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people who run the site were playing...the payout was instant as well, minus the bonus money which is understandable.